Picture Of The Day for June 19, 2009

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Give And Take...For Most, Anyway!

When Rachel Summerlyn faced G.L.O.R.Y. Girls Ariel, Kellie Skater and Haley Rogers (a.k.a Cat Power) in a four-corners match back in May during the last SHIMMER event in Berwyn, Illinois, there was a lot of give and take between the participants...well, for most of them anyway. Let us explain.

The athletic move used by Kellie Skater [above] as she carefully used the top rope like a circus highwire artist came early in the match. It wasn't long before the contest turned into more of a street brawl than a straight-up wrestling match as the ladies began to lose their tempers and started dishing out--and absorbing--some painful abuse. Summerlyn and Ariel were the first to trade some pain. When Rachel captured Ariel in a nice side headlock [Picture #2], she made sure she secured the hold well and worked Ariel's neck and skull quite thoroughly. Seems that Ariel thought the hold was applied just a little too roughly, because she came back and used the exact same tactic on Summerlyn [ #3]. Now it was Ariel's turn to dish out some pain as she put everything she had into crushing the blonde's cranium!

When Kellie Skater tagged in, it appeared that Summerlyn was in no mood to wrestle. She wanted to fight! As Skater charged, she was met with a viciously delivered high kick to the upper chest [ #4]. But once again, Summerlyn ended up paying for the rough tactic. When the momentum switched a few moments later, the Aussie got her chance for a little payback as she straddled Summerlyn and started to pummel her head with that taped right fist [ #5]. Wow...looks like a perfect example of "ground and pound"!

Remember that at the beginning of today's POD we said that most of the ladies in this match were involved in some give and take. That's because Haley Rogers appeared to do pretty much all giving and very little taking in the battle! Take, for example, when she had Kellie Skater down on the mat at one point. Did she go for the pin? Nope. Instead, the vicious G.L.O.R.Y. Girl used a couple of handfuls of hair to yank the Rate Tank off the mat to deliver some extra punishment [ #6]. Ariel didn't fare much better when she tagged in. Getting caught on the mat in a leg split, Ariel realized she was in a vulnerable position and begged for a little mercy from Rogers. Haley showed none. Instead, she went on a stomping spree and put the boots to Ariel's inner thigh and midsection [ #7].

Haley seemed to save the most punishment for Ms. Summerlyn. A nasty figure-four leg lock had the blonde pounding and writhing on the mat in pain [ #8 and #9]. A legal move? Certainly. But Haley just seemed to be having a little too much fun as she listened to Rachel's screams of agony while applying it!

When the bell rang it was Haley Rogers who had her arm raised in victory. But we know there are three ladies who will be looking for revenge when the next SHIMMMER event rolls around.